West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-03-03

| inscription for their bandueting hill enI
! their eduipage, and their crave md tho wall
of their ctNrnnl priSon-houSo-"Tn felicissi-
| mus Tn drooling. moral idiocv. thew are
| scrabbling at the door 81 their hnnpinoss
| fool
! Again. I remark that NIL those persons plav
the fool as certainly ms did this man OF the toxt
| who allow the teChnicahties Of religion 10
! stop their salvation. David was wise about
/ n great MANY things. but HIS cuttinps-up en-
! tho text for little while eclipsod his char
/ ncter. And know wise men and great mon
| cotnpetent Tor all other stations. who arc
| actng silly and foolish part In
| regard 10 tho tcchnicalitics OF RELIGION
| They ask us some questions which
we cannot answer catcroricalIv and
| so they burst into broad outlaw, ne though
10 IS OF anv moro interest 10 ne than n OUGHT
| 10 be 10 thcm. About the Atonoment. about
! Gods DEGREES, about mans destiny. thev asl,
great many questions which wo cannot
answer. and so they deridc us. ms thougb we
| could not ask them n thousand questions that
about their ears. abodt their finger
nails, about everything A fool can
ask n question that wise man cannot
answer q. You cavilllng rncnl O. You pro-
! round menl q. YOU learned men do please
admit somethin2. You have n soul' Yes
Whit live for overt Yes Whnre3 Won en- \,
| That Jesus Christ Is not n Divine Saviour
| Who is Hei Where viii You 60 after
f'u NiFt NuUT law nO0kG. md
medical prescriptions, and your club room.
and your newspaper ofice-,yhere win
You go tor Your holy will DO six
teet under ground. Where will vour
soul bef Tho black coat will be or the
| .hroud on. Those Spcctaccs will be removed
| from your vision, for the sod will press vour
eyelids. Have You any idea that an earthly
| almanac describes the years OF your lifetime'
~ what stun shall gather tho material for
inc letters of that which describes
your eternal homei Shall it be
iron chain or amaranthine gnrland
Tho air that stirs the beswcated locks OF vour
lying pillow, will IL come off a garden or n
iescru o, quit the pulling questions and
Try these monentous questions Quit the small
questions and try these great questions In
stead Of discussing whether the serucnt
IN Eden was tgurative or literal
whether tho Mediterranean fish did or
lid not swallow the recrcC.nt prophct
whether this and that and the other thing il
right or wrong come and discuss one uues-
lon' How shall / get rid of my sins and
WIN heavenH That is tho question for Won
Nea, there have been men who have ACTUALLY
lost their souls because they thought there
was discrepancy between Moses and
Professor Silliman-bccause they could
not understand how there could be LIGHT
before the sun rose-the light appearing i'm
verse three OF Genesis, and the sun appearing
not until verse siNteen-and because they do
not know how the moon could stand still
without upSetting the universe, and be-
,nuse they had decided upon the theory OF
natural selection. A German philosopher
u uNlhg had Tor his chief sorrow that he
nad not devoted his whole life TO the study of
.he dative case. o. when your immortality
Us m peril why qTibblel Quit these non-eS-
Entlals, my dear brother. In the name Of
iod, ask YOU in regard TO these matters of
:he immortal soul, that YOU do not play tho
What IS that man doing over in Bowling
1reen' New orkf Well, he is going i'm for
4 ticket for transatlantic voyage He is
luarrelling with the clerk about the spots-
the red spots on the ticIet-and he Is agarreI.
ing about the peculiar signature of the Presi-
lent OF the steamship company and he is
luarreUlng about the manner OF the clerl,
who hands him the ticket How lone
ms he been standing there7 Three weeks
heanwhlle perhaps, twenty steamers have
zone out OF port. and hear the shrek OF the
team tug that could take him 70 the last vcs-
eel that could bear him TO his engagement
IN London. still he stands in Bowling
dreen discussing the ticket What do
you say in regard 10 that mani You say
he Isl fool. Wen, in that very way are many
men acting IN regard 10 the matters of the
soul They are caviling about the Atone
ment, the red spots on the ticket-about the
character Of tho minister who hands them
the ucket-about whether IL has n
Divine or human signature and mean
while, all their opportunities for heaven
are sailing out Of the harbor and I heor tine
last tap of tho bell announcing their last
chance FOR heaven. Go aboard Do not
waste any more time in higgling and carping.
and critlcislng, and wondering aud in the
presence of an aStounded heaven, playing the
90 still further, and say to YOU that those
men play the fool who undertake. to paw out
eternity for time. How little care do we be-
stow upon the railroad depot where VIC stop
twenty minutes to dine. We dash in and we
dash out again. We do not examine the
architecture of the building nor tho face
OF the caterer We supply our hunger.
We pay our money, and we put on orr
hat and take our place in the train What is
tnaJ depot as compared with the place for
which we are bOundl Now, my friends. this
world Is only stopping place OH the way to
a momentous destination, and vet how many
OF us sit down as though we had consumnnated
our journey, as though we had come to a final
depot, when our stopping here is as compared
win our stopping there as is twenty
Ennutes 20 twelve hOurs-yea as the ono
hundreth part Of a second compared with ten
thousand million years. Would Spain sell MS
sell us India for ION Of coalt Would Venice
sell us all her pictures for an American school
boys sketcht All that would be a better
bargain for England, Spain and Venice than
lhat man makes who gives his eternity for
time. Yet how ma. there are who are say
ng 10 day. GIVE me tho worlds dollars
ana You may have the eternal rewards
Give me the worlds applause and you may
nave INC EAfldUlS OF ArOIs tive me twenty,
or forty, or sixty years Of worldly successes
and don't care what becomes OF the future
l am going into that world uninsured / take
the responsibility. Don't bother me about
your religion Here i have the two worlds
before me-this one and the next / have
chosen this Go away from me. God and
angels, and all thoughts Of the future,
Blt where is Croe>us and Cleopatra. and
Hsopu7, who had one dish of food that cost
ono million four hundred thousand dollars and
Lentulu7, who had "a pound Of fish worth n
hundred and seventy five thousand dollar
and Scauruq, who bought n country seat for
twenty million dollars; and Tlbcrius.
who left az death q fortune Of one hundred
and eighteen million. one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars' Where are thew
III q windy day should blow all the dust that
is lett 0f them into your eyes 30 would not
mako You wink twice An my friends then
very certainly your comforts Of surrounding
cannot keep h1ck the old archer You can.
not charm him with music. or dazzle him with
plate. ur dec0y him with pictures or bribe
him with your money.
What I- thc uao of Your struggling for that
which Won cannot kept AZ long 1- you have
r.0tHe and food and shelter and education for
Four-e.Fr and your children and tho means
Tor Christian generosity. Pc satisfied you
worry. nul tug oud sweat and wear
yourself out l.r that which cannot -af
l-fr Whole Nrrh NJ crows feet on
yoV teUp.rs and checks before they
ought ~ have come there You are ten vc1rs
older THAN sou ought tD to and vnf you cam
NOT take along with you into tho future world
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